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History & culture
Letters from Veneto: May Celebrations
May has already been a very busy month here in Italy. We got off to a lucky start when the…
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History & culture
Cheese Making
Quite often when I am living in my little apartment, I’ll hear a voice from the street, calling me. As…
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Letters from Veneto: Life in Italy
Living in Italy isn’t all sunshine, wine, great food, art and architecture (although, really, it mostly is!). Sometimes the bureaucracy…
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History & culture
Letters from the Veneto
If you think that the Veneto extends for miles along a featureless plain, think again. The town of Asolo is…
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History & culture
Letters from the Veneto
In winter in the Veneto, the skies are often blue even though the air, coming down from the Dolomites, is…
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History & culture
Letters from the Veneto
It has been 15 years since I bought my small apartment in the Veneto, and even longer since my love…
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Travel
What do Penelope Cruz, Ferrari and the Oldest Hotel in Italy Have in Common?
It often happens in Italy. You stop in a little, seemingly unremarkable town, and you discover somewhere charming and fascinating.…
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History & culture
The Spas of the Euganean Hills: The Best Mud in Italy
Activity holidays are very much in vogue these days, but what if it is the landscape that is full of…
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History & culture
The Spas of the Euganean Hills: The Best Mud in Italy
Activity holidays are very much in vogue these days, but what if it is the landscape that is full of…
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History & culture
The Italian Obsession with Food: A New Exhibition at Venezia Mestre
“It will be spaghetti, I swear, which will unite Italy.” – Garibaldi For the first time in almost three years,…
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